Cohort Effects Exist Because

question 28

Multiple Choice

Cohort effects exist because:

• A) parents have such a strong influence on an individual's political opinions.
• B) liberals and conservatives have significant political differences.
• C) of an increasingly declining trust in American government and its elected officials.
• D) there are genetic differences that divide those in different cohorts.
• E) individuals learn about politics from the people around them.

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